Cigarette or cigar box.



A. KOGHBNTHAL, A.W. MOGK 6L A. JAGOBI.

` CIGARETTE 0E GIGAE Box APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. go, 1907.

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UNITED sTATEs TATENT oEEroE.

ARTHUR KOOHENTHAL, ARTHUR WMOGK, AND ALEXANDER .'rAcoBI, or ROCHESTER, f NEW YORK.

. CIGARETTE R CIGAR BOX.

yNo; 911,248.

JACOBI, citizens of the United States, and

residents of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigarette or v Cigar Box, of which the following is'a specithe box is removed from the A cover by any suitable cement.

fication.

This invention relates to Athat class of boxes in which the cigars or cigarettes are usually sold to the Yretail trade and pertains more especially to the coverofsuch a box, in which there is rovided a suitable means for carrying a su cient number of matches to supply theneeds of the user in lighting the cigarettes or cigars contained in the box. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an efficient and economically constructed match carrying cigar or cigarette box and one in which the matches will be properly held in place regardless of whether pocket of the user right or wrong side up.

Another Objectis to provide a box of such a character that the matches vmay be readily removed therefrom upon a proper manipulation of the connecting parts.'

Another feature of the invention is to provide,- in connection'with such a box, a suitable surface for lighting the matches on and also a means for protecting the* matches from contacting with the cigars, such means affording alsoan attachment for withdrawing the match carrier to'a position where the matches may be readily' `removed therefrom. It is also preferable that when the match carrier is forced into place to restore all the parts to their normal positions,-the accidental removal of the matches'willbe prevented and the heads thereof protected7 when itis desired to use a protecting flap, from contacting with the cigars or vcigarettes in the box.

With these objects in view, our invention comprises a sheet of suitablematerial properly scored up along, preferably, six lines.

Starting with the edge towards the hinged.

side of the cover, there is bent backwardly along the line of the rst score an attaching iiap, by meansof which the match carrying attachment is secured to the inside ofthe From this fold the `finished carrier extends parallel with the top of the box "cover and it is bent out- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1907. Serial No. 395,121.

Patented Feb. 2., 1909.

Wardly` at right angles thereto at the next or second score line and then again at the third score line it is bent upwardly parallel with the plane of the top of the cover but a slight distance therefrom, then at the next or fourth score line it is bent backwardly so as to contact with the top of the cover, then at the fifth score line upwardly parallel or in contact with the top of the cover, and then from the sixth score' line the sheet is preferably curved to form a flap, when it is desired to use the flap, adapted to extend over the heads of the matches, The two first mentioned portions of such sheet extending at right angles with the plane of thetop of the cover have holes therethrough to receive the matches. By means of either the protecting flap, when used, or a suitable engaging member, in place thereof, the upper edge of the free end of the match carrier may be withdrawn from the box cover suiiiciently to permit of the removal'of the matches which are held against such removal by either the front edge of the box or by the flap of the carrier lying adjacent thereto when the carrier is forced back in position within the box cover. The front or exposed face of that portion of the carrier lying in front of the matches may be coated to form a suitable igniting surface.

The accompanying drawings illustrating a cigar or cigarette box made in accordance Ywith* our invention are as follows, viz.:

Figure l shows in perspective one of such boxes opened. Fig. 2 `shows the lid or cover C of the box in vertical section. Fig. 3 shows the match carrying plate or sheet removed from the cover. Fig. 4, shows the blank from which the match carrying sheet is formed. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a modification', as will be explained. Fig. 6 shows in vertical sectional view the cover C and a portionk of the box B and with the match carrier swung outwardly for the purpose .of removing a match therefrom, one of such matches being shown in dotted'lines as partially removed. Fig. 7 is a modification to be explained. v

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several figures of drawing. y Referring to the draWings,-B is the body of the box and C the cover and within the body of the box' B are seen cigarettes or cigars l). The Vcover C is hinged or flexibly connected, in the usual way, to the body B.

lVe have found it desirable to adapt the match carrier portion of our box to swing with its lower edge in the corner formed by the top of the cover and the back or rear side member thereof and while it is not necessary, we prefer that the match carrier have an attaching flap, by means of which it may be flexibly secured in such corner between the top of the cover and the rear side member thereof. Such attaching flap is seen at c in the several figures of drawing, and it may be suitably secured to the top of the cover by means of cement or otherwise, as desired, preferably by cement.

Our match carrier is formed integrally from a sheet of suitable material, such as thin, tough pasteboard or heavy paper in the following way, viz.: A sheet of paper or cardboard, as seen at E in Fig. 4, is scored along the lines i, t1, i2, i3, t4 and i5, the dotted ones of such lines indicating that the scoring is done on the reverse or rear side of the sheet. The portion of the sheet e below the score line i is folded backward to form the attaching flap. The portions of the sheet e2 between the score lines il and i2 and t3 and i4 are bent outwardly at right angles with the plane of the sheet, while the portion e2 between the score lines i2 and i3 is arranged to lie parallel with the main portion of the sheet and parallel also with the top of the box cover. Through the portions c2 of the sheet there are formed holes o of suitable size to receive the matches when the carrier is formed up, as indicated in Figs. l, 2, 3, 5 and The portion of the sheet E between the score lines it and t5 is arranged to lie parallel with and normally against the inside of the body of the cover C. Above the score line i5 the portion e3 is bent to the conformation substantially as indicated in Figs. 2, 3 and 6, such curved portion e3 being, on account of the score line i5, flexibly connected to the main portion of the sheet E and the conformation and proportion of the parts of this flap member e3 are such that when the match carrier is forced to the position indicated in Figs. l and 2, the curved part of this flap c3 bears against the inner surface of the front side member c of the cover C to firmly hold the parts in the position indicated in Figs. l and 2, in which position the flap e3 serves to protect the heads of the matches as well as to hold the parts in such closed position. Before the parts are forced to the position indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, the matches m are inserted through the holes o in the portions e2 of the carrier aplate E. In place of the protecting flap e3 we may make use of an engaging member e4 such as seen in Fig. 5, the action of which when holding the parts in their closed position, is the same as that already described in relation to the ilap e3, except that the member e4 does not extend downwardly over and protect the heads of the matches.

le desire to call attention to the following features The carrier is adapted to articulate at its lower end within the corner formed by the top and rear side members of the cover and while not necessary, still, it is preferable that the carrier be secured to the cover by means of an attaching llap flexibly united to the main body of the cover. The flap c3 or the engaging member et, either one, operates, when used, to retain the parts in their closed positions and also serves as an engaging member for the withdrawal of the carrier sufficiently to remove the matches therefrom. The llap e3 or the engaging member c4, by means of their flexible connection with the body E of the carrier, form a wedging or locking member to hold the carrier in its closed position. The matches are readily removable from the box or the carrier therein upon the withdrawal of the outer end of the carrier in the way described, still, the matches are held against accidental removal by the front side c of the cover (l and that too regardless of what position the box B may be in, when opened, whether right or wrong` side up, and also whether held horizontally, vertically or obliquely.

ln Fig. 6 one of the matches is shown in dotted line as partially removed. The lace of the section c1 of the carrier may be coated to form a suitable igniting surface, as indicated in Figs. l and 3, upon which the matches may be lighted. Y

The use and operation of our box is believed to be sufliciently obvious from the foregoing explanation to call for no further description herein.

By forming the carrier as seen in Fig. 7 at El, where the front flap is shown extended down around and to the lower edge of the carriei at c7 and with the flap c extending forwardly instead of being bent up on the rear side, the carrier is adapted to independ ent use and it may also be inserted in the box.

Ve claiml. A box for cigars or cigarettes having a match carrier adapted to articulate with the cover of such box and at the corner between the top and a side of suoli cover, such carrier permitting the ready insertion and removal of matches therefrom when swung outwardly so that the matches may pass beyond the outer edge of the side of such cover, such carrier having flexibly connected at its free end a locking member adapted to engage on. the inside of one side of the box cover to hold such carrier in its closed position.

2. A box for cigars or cigarettes having a match carrier adapted to articulate with the cover of suoli box and at the corner between the top and a side of such cover, such carrier permitting the ready insertion and ree moval of matches therefrom when swung outwardly so that the matches may pass beyond the outer edge of the side of such cover,

such carrier having flexibly connected at its free end a locking member adapted to engagethe inside of one side of the box cover to hold such carrier in its closed position, and such locking member adapted also to be engaged by the hand of the userto withdraw` the carrier outwardly.

3. A box for cigars or cigarettes having a match carrier adapted to articulate with the cover of such box and at the corner between "the top and a side of such cover, such carrier match carrier formed from a single sheet of suitable material, the main portion of which is adapted to'liein two substantially parallel but separated planes, the connecting meinbers between such parallel portions havin@r perforations to receive the matches and hold them in a plane parallel to the main Vbody portion of the carrier, ksuch carrier having at one edge a portion thereof adapted to bend from the normal plane of the sheet along a substantially straight line and' such bent portion secured to the cover of the box near the inner corner.

5. A box for cigars or cigarettes having a match carrier formed from a single sheet of suitable material, the main portion of which is adapted to lie in two substantially parallel but separated planes, the connecting members between such parallel portions having perforations to receive the matches and hold Vthem in a plane parallel to the main body portion of the carrier, such carrier having at one edge a portion thereof adapted to bend from the normal plane of the sheet along a substantially straight line and such bent portion secured -to the cover of the box near the inner corner and such carrier also having at the opposite edge a second flexibly connected portion adapted to fold over the ends of the matches, to engage with frictional engagementon the inside against the outer side of the box cover and also adapted to be engaged by the hand of the user to swing the carrier on its flexible connection with the cover outwardly to permit the removal of the matches.

` ARTHUR KOCHENTHAL.

ARTHUR W. MOCK. ALEXANDER JACGBI. Witnesses:

LoTTrE Woon, OsBonNn F. GU'RNEY. 

